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Panda201401.Pdf Puzzles for the Fun Side of the Brain January/February 2014 * $6 http://www.pandamagazine.com © 2013. P&A Magazine. All rights reserved. P&A is published on-line 6 times per year. Single issues are $6. In This Issue Drawing Conclusions From the Editor Issue 47 Winners Congratulations to our first 10 correct responses! Puzzle Boat 2 is right around the corner. Tickets go Dan Katz & Jackie Anderson on sale March 15th, and the Boat sets sail on Sunday Team Palindrome (Eric Berlin, Roger Wolff, Ange the 23rd. In addition, there will be several pre-release Strom-Weber, James McTeague, Dan Chall) puzzles the week before the launch. Demonic Stolen Cakes (Allen Petersen, Amy Swartz, Ata Gemini6Ice Gurpinar, Brie Frame, During the course of making this particular issue, I Deborah Kaplan, Denis Moskowitz, Julia Tenney, managed to develop Strep twice and get sick one other Matthew Morse) time. That, combined with the amont of work needed Jeremy Conner & Jeremiahs Johnson for Puzzle Boat 2, has led to a shorter warm-up section. Just for the Halibut (Avram Gottschlich, Kyle Keen, I apologize for the brevity of the issue (including the and Nathan Curtis) lack of completists). Mark Halpin Charles Steinhardt Once you know the answer to this issue’s metapuzzle, Team Phlogizote (Ben Smith, Kevin Wald, Joe let me know at [email protected]. The first Cabrera, Katie Hamill, Phillip Steindel) 5 solo solvers and first 5 team solvers will be listed as Rich Bragg winners in the next. Michael Sylvia Cheers! Foggy “Deathly Ill” Brume In Issue 48 Pieces of Bamboo • 3-6 I May Not Know Art.... • 7-21 Answers to Pieces of Bamboo • 22-24 Answers to Issue 47 •25 Editor/Constructor Test-Solver Friends of the Magazine Foggy Brume Lance Nathan Gordon Dow Mark Halpin Bruce Kaskel Joe Cabrera Page 2 of 25 © 2014 P&A Magazine. http://www.pandamagazine.com Jan/Feb 2014 n Pieces of Bamboo Three-Way Trivia The movies below are primarily about the making of another movie. Can you name the real or fictional movie being made in each of these films? Straightforward Plots Surprise Twists Mulholland Drive 1. Hearts of Darkness 1. My Week With Marilyn 1. Popatopolis 2. Hitchcock 2. Rated X 2. Lost in La Mancha 3. Saving Mr. Banks 3. RKO 281 3. State and Main 4. Lovelace 4. Bowfinger 4. The Player 5. Shadow of the Vampire 5. Scream 3 5. Matinee Acknowledgements to Ken Jennings for this quiz format Quote Square A proverb is hidden in the grid below. In each row and column, cross off the nine-letter answers to each clue. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Block of words I A F D A E E A Q C A T G 1 Duplicate (2 wds) P P X P W S E R S P Z Z I P Element 32 B E E D R A I Q S A H A D E 2 Enigmatic container (2 wds) U E P U E N Z U Z L E M E Give a boost to N R T F O R K I I E R S R Impressed by something showy 3 Q Z U I I X R U O R U X T V It levels the playing field A I C B E E A R C A A C H K Like many charitable organizations (2 wds) 4 Most unusual Z M O Z K S W H J Y E S M Pesky photographers K I U C D I L E K A O R A 5 Place side by side L O X L Z K S W T C G X M T Raining slightly E J C A K E B I F F R E E N 6 She might grow up to be a cougar? (2 wds) P L U L I T N I O X E W S Slope warmer (2 wds) A K O E J N A C I A E E I 7 Song players B S R I I T O Z T K R M T W Top Chef challenge A J P D N E A D F O O P E O Type of fish including pompanos 8 O R U X E T E P R P R S U Went back and forth U I R G I N A E G G E E D 9 X Z Y G V Z R R T H U T M S The Sixty-Second Test: Let’s Go! Each clue leads to a word or phrase ending with GO. Can you get all 10 in sixty seconds? 1. Part of the psyche (3) 6. Bright pink bird (8) 2. Company symbol (4) 7. Popular RV (9) 3. Freight (5) 8. Author of Les Miserables (6 4) 4. Color of the rainbow (6) 9. Large group of small islands (11) 5. Dizzying sensation (7) 10. Capital of the Dominican Republic (5 7) Jan/Feb 2014 © 2014 P&A Magazine. http://www.pandamagazine.com Page 3 of 25 n Word Garden Our word garden conceals 11 words in a mystery category. Find words by selecting a starting square and then mov- ing the given direction and distance to get the next letter (e.g., 2L means move 2 squares to the left). Words never travel off the grid. Some additional letters will be leftover. These will form a clue to help identify the mystery category. H E C N C I I A G C E E I E T U L B M Z R C T I G R D M O E N P N D T N L C N D I T A T N S I O G L C R A P R H P E S N S E R D R O S E H R C L A A A E Y G N T P T I I E O L M E O E R V E L N S O E E ?? 1R 3D 2R 7U 2L 3D ?? 2L 2D 2R 2R 2U 7D 5R ?? 2L 3U 3L 4D 4R 3U 1R 2U ?? 5R 2D 1D 1D 2R 3D ?? 2U 1R 2D 1R 1D 1R ?? 3U 1R 1R 4U 6R 7D 6L 2U ?? 6R 1D 4L 5U 1R 6D 2L ?? 3U 2R 4D 3D 4R 2D 2L ?? 6D 3L 1L 1U 7R 2R 2D ?? 9L 9D 2R 3U 3R 3U ?? 2R 8U 6L 1U 3R 2D 4L 5D 4R Page 4 of 25 © 2014 P&A Magazine. http://www.pandamagazine.com Jan/Feb 2014 n Jawdroppin’ Challenger For the dropquote below, solve the clues to determine what letters belong in that column. An * indicates that the letters will go into that column in order. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ’ Proverb 1. Thailand, formerly 2. With “way,” historical ballpark 3. One-cent piece, odd letters only 4. Four middle letters of Yankees pitcher Andy* 5. Author Silverstein 6. A 0-0 score, e.g.* 7. Author Ayn, minus the vowel* 8. Spanish word for water, with A’s changed to I’s* 9. Deputized group, minus the vowels 10. Kubrick’s last film 11. Shaper of the world, in Egyptian myth 12. Give a negative review to 13. Plants grow from these, minus the middle letter 14. The scarlet letter* 15. Acerbic, or dessert resembling a pie 16. German exclamation (with or without “tung”) 17. Joseph McCarthy panel, minus the first letter* 18. “I ___ Rhythm” 19. That guy, minus the middle letter* 20. Animal one has around the house 21. Website address, minus the U* 22. Stephen Wright got one to see if he had claustrophobia* 23. Winged goddess of dawn* 24. 60 min. Jan/Feb 2014 © 2014 P&A Magazine. http://www.pandamagazine.com Page 5 of 25 n What’s the Bnmmdbshnm? We’ve taken ten items that have something in common and encrypted them with a simple substitution cipher. Can you decode each list and figure out the connection? In each list, the connections are all boat-related. The Love Boat The Queen Mary Flying Dutchman XZNXCI WIYPITOQO PNLGHYAF TNBPI SASSDQB NCPNLINEMA BDFJ-TNIBRJ LIG LYZPNLN TCIIULHM ZFDVO RAQVNING BMLLAUSPNLYN DNAEE SJ RIBBIVV ENSSYPNLIYLE AK UBNRHIEE BMOTTOG MPNLEMSYKNS KACCAO JAZN VGTON WAANO PNLKXHPMZ BHU EAZC UTAAPG PNLINEM BXYLI LE B CAHICJ FZHWIN SNAFP (LOOS AQ UFNQDQY) FNPNLN WAWBC IDCLXEI AK WFI VGSMADP YPNL IFM IMZZYWSM The Jolly Roger The Good Ship Lollipop Argo TBNUFFB GVA M’SS XFSS KCEOZV GEZZLZ RYBTCFB RWBXWMG LWGCWQN SCEM KQFJE AUECM BVVQ SMXXSF QMRT IMQS UJPPJVK QZO WJLMLEZ NOSOB HMKBSFD OZPIQYLIJCV CG ISZ CVZ YFBIOYFU NVCGI BFVBSF QJVK EBVJOSFU LCDX WQVCGH XTF RVQGFQ WQFJVP, SZFQI FVO LCYQFKZ YUMIOYBF IUMNUSMB WSM EWEW IVFD XV XVAG PIFIYZ CG ISZ UFEIZPZ YHYYLZ TVGFNKVVG GFELCV TGBFBVWU JVQX WBWRTF GCYVIFJV CG MCYIS DLWHEBNOY SHVU RCQSN XVB TSJIZ LFPIEZ KJQOEZ CG SJNNCEMIF FV FYISCQ Page 6 of 25 © 2014 P&A Magazine. http://www.pandamagazine.com Jan/Feb 2014 n Vowels Only Place the listed elements below in the grid using the given vowels as a guide. The completed grid will follow standard Kris-Kross rules. E E I U O I U E I A O O Y O I E O I U E A U E E I I O I O O O O O A A E E O E I U E I U I I E U E U E I U E O I U I O I U Y E I U U I U O E I U A E A I I U O U A I U O I I A I U O I U I A U A O I I U E E E I U O I E I U E O U A A I U E E I U ARGON HELIUM NOBELIUM STRONTIUM BISMUTH INDIUM OSMIUM TANTALUM BORON IODINE OXYGEN TECHNETIUM BROMINE IRON PROMETHIUM TIN CALIFORNIUM LEAD RADIUM TITANIUM CHROMIUM LIVERMORIUM RADON URANIUM DUBNIUM LUTETIUM ROENTGENIUM XENON EINSTEINIUM MANGANESE RUTHERFORDIUM YTTERBIUM FLEROVIUM MEITNERIUM SAMARIUM ZINC GADOLINIUM MENDELEVIUM SILICON GOLD NEON SODIUM Jan/Feb 2014 © 2014 P&A Magazine.
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